The Presidency yesterday ascribed the accusations by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its leader, Bola Tinubu, against President Goodluck Jonathan over the travails of former Adamawa State governor, Murtala Nyako, to a loss of focus caused by their defeat in the Ekiti State governorship election last June.
Political adviser to the president, Prof Rufai Ahmed Alkali, who responded to the allegation over Nyakos removal, also said APC will continue to lose elections because its leaders have failed to accept the principle of popular democracy where the electorate have the right to choose who should lead them.
APC leader, Bola Tinubu, had accused President Goodluck Jonathan of orchestrating the impeachment of the former governor of Adamawa State.
However, Alkali noted that it is absurd for any political party that wants to win the presidencial election to denigrate the same office that it wants to occupy.
The political aide said it is pathetic that Tinubu, who contributed immensely to the struggle for a return to democratic governance, has joined the league of those engaged in acts that are likely to truncate the same institution he fought for.
He said It is very strange for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, someone who has led government before, someone who has been in the forefront of advancing democracy for many years, to descend so low as to cast aspersions on the President of this country on issues he cannot defend.
It appears to me that since the Ekiti election, which PDP decisively won, Tinubu and APC leaders have lost their focus. This is democracy, it gives everybody the right to speak; but in doing so, you should not undermine institutions of governance, the same institution you are aspiring to take over and manage.
Recently, the Adamawa State House of Assembly impeached their governor and even as that happened, the APC was up in arms, that it was Mr. President that impeached the governor of Adamawa State.
Why should he do that and how can he do that? Are you saying the 24 or 25 members of the House of Assembly are not in control of their constituencies, that there are no leaders or stakeholders in Adamawa State who worked for or with former Governor Nyako who could have stopped the impeachment.
PDP has lost a lot to opposition political parties. I have said this repeatedly either at the court or more recently through defection, yet PDP stood firm and said let us continue to build on what we have and move forward.
After losing Ekiti, the story has changed. It is time for them to tell one another the home truth. If they are prepared to govern this country, then they must be prepared also to accept the principle of popular democracy that the people of this country would want to choose who should lead them and if they dont, cant or fail to convince people, they must also be ready to admit failure.
He noted that no matter the grandstanding by the APC ahead of the Osun state governorship election, the people of Osun state will triumph, just as he expressed confidence that our candidate Senator Iyiola Omisore is a man of the people.
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